How to Play Riptide on Ukulele

Frequently many folks use their ukulele to play chords to songs. But, did you ever heard that you can play songs too! Read on and I will show you how you can play a song and for the theme I decided to elaborate on how to play Riptide on ukulele! A ukulele can be used to play harmonies to songs but also to play melodies. Now I will show you a way to combine the melodies and also recover your skills as a composer!

Before Tuning Hold Your Ukulele Lightly

The ukulele is a very minor instrument. Because of this, it is very relaxed for the sound it makes to be stifled if you hold it too tightly. You can try this for yourself. Stand close to a partition (facing it), hold your ukulele as strongly as possible against your body and play it. Then move it away from your body totally so it’s just being detained by your fretting hand. Strum it. Associate the sounds and you’ll be capable to hear what a dissimilarity this makes. Holding the ukulele is a bit that maximum players never give a second thought to (they just hold it in any kind of way that comes naturally). But, holding the ukulele appropriately is fundamental for your playing.

Maintaining it in the wrong way could mean it sloping and ruining your show. Imagine standing in front of an area filled with people, playing a song and having it slip out of your hands. That’s the sort of discomfiture that you certainly want to evade. Less intensely, how you hold the ukulele will affect the sound that the ukulele types. If you need to get a fine tone out of your ukulele, it is fundamental that you get into good behaviors in how you hold your ukulele. Moreover, holding your ukulele in an incorrect way will restrict your drive. You want to take care that the way you clasp your ukulele does not gratuitously restrict what you are capable to play.

Knowing About Riptide Playing

How to play Riptide on ukulele is nothing too tricky there. I’d throw a few chord inversions in the mix if you do know the chords well to keep your chord knowledge increasing. You need to get half step up from the usual tuning which is the actual key to this song called C#. Drop the Cano on fret one if you want to play along with the record. There are three chords used for the intro, verses and also the chorus. These three chords are Am, G and C. You might be quite familiar with these chords if you are into the ukulele. You do not need to use your little finger here much. Using a bar of Am and a bar of G along with two bars of C would be enough here.

Strumming Configuration

There is an incredibly recognizable rhythm in the riptide that drives the entire song. You are almost there once you get the rhythm right. The strumming pattern is down, down, up, down, up repeated for the entire song. Here the rule of say it and play it is totally true. You can play the rhythm if you are able to say the rhythm loud.

The strumming pattern for how to play Riptide on ukulele is quite simple. The timing bag on is important here and only then it would be simple. To get the down it is recommended to use a metronome. I like to play with more emphasis when I’m on the 2 strum downs. It ends up sounding pretty nice and melodious. The simple repetition of the three chords I mentioned is enough. There might be sometimes the F chord being used, especially in the later part of the song.

The Chords Chart For How to Play Riptide on Ukulele

 

(God Loves You When You’re Dancing)

Am G C     (x2)

(I was scared of dentists and the dark)

Am              G                C

(I was scared of pretty girls and starting conversations)

Am        G                   C

(Oh all my friends are turning green)

Am                   G                  C

(You’re the magician’s assistant in their dreams)

Am              G                C

Pre-Chorus:-

(Ooh, ooh, ooh)

Am   G    C

(Ooh, and they come unstuck)

Am  G         C/

Chorus:-

(Lady, running down to the riptide, taken away to the dark side)

Am    G                   C                          Am

(I wanna be your left-hand man)

G               C

(I love you when you’re singing that song and, I got a lump in my throat ’cause)

Am         G                        C                            Am

(You’re gonna sing the words wrong)

G                     C

(There’s this movie that I think you’ll like)

Am                 G                   C

(This guy decides to quit his job and heads to New York City)

Am                  G                C

(This cowboy’s running from himself)

Am            G               C

(And she’s been living on the highest shelf)

Am                    G              C

(Pre-Chorus)

(Chorus)

C

(I just wanna, I just wanna know, if you’re gonna, if you’re gonna stay)

Am                             G C                                   F

(I just gotta, I just gotta know, I can’t have it, I can’t have it any other way)

Am                            G  C                                F/

(I swear she’s destined for the screen)

Am/           G/               C/

(Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you’ve ever seen, oh)

Am/              G/                C/

Chorus x3:-

(I got a lump in my throat ’cause you’re gonna sing the words wrong.)

C                  Am            G                           C

Conclusion

You ought to have the back end of the ukulele amid the inside of your forearm as well as your body. From there it must be angled away from you so that you can see certain of the back of the ukulele when you look down. This means it can vibrate generously resulting in a noisier sound. If you are only scheming on playing at home for fun, then a microphone tuner would suit you. But if you are arranging to play gigs, a clip-on tuner would be much more appropriate. A clip-on tuner works by detecting the vibrations of the ukulele, so the sounds around you won’t move how the tuner works. Hopefully, now you know how to play Riptide on ukulele at your home easily. Happy Ukulele Playing!